Invalidity · first instance · 2023-06-15
000120518
Contested design: 008537781-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0085377810001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
APV Trade Solution Ltdvia PDF extraction
United Kingdom (GB)
7 Unit Castle Road, Sittingbourne ME10 3RZ, United Kingdom
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Yadong Miaovia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No.026, Haojiajia Group, Main Street, Caojiagou Village, Babao Township, Lin County, Luliang City, Shanxi 033000, China
Prior art cited (1)
smart weighted hula hoop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nymP2NwHgM · YouTube / Worthbuystore · disclosed 2020-03-25
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested hoop lacked novelty and individual character over an earlier smart weighted hula hoop disclosed online before filing.
- ›Applicant relied on YouTube stills, a Worthbuystore product page, and an enlarged image showing the earlier product; the holder filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure by 25/03/2020 and treated the Annex 4 image as part of the same earlier design shown in the video and website evidence.
- ›Comparing the designs, the Division found only minor differences in colour, buckle shape, and width, insufficient to alter the overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberIneta GALUBICKE
Decision files
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